1. Studying Religion

2. Definition
The sacred made manifest in human experience in such a way that it orders human experience
Key Questions for each religion
What is “the sacred”?
How is it made manifest?
How does it order human experience?

3. The Sacred In Buddhism, what is sacred? In Judaism, what is sacred?
Nirvana?
The Buddha?
Reality itself?
In Judaism, what is sacred?

4. Manifestation
Transcendence
Sacred is above
Immanence
Sacred is within

5. Patterns of relating to the Sacred
Mystical
Change in consciousness
Prophetic
Key figures speak for the Sacred
Emphasis on sacred texts
Sacramental
Infinite found in the finite